no code implementations • 29 Sep 2020 • Kellen Gillespie, Ioannis C. Konstantakopoulos, Xingzhi Guo, Vishal Thanvantri Vasudevan, Abhinav Sethy
User interactions with personal assistants like Alexa, Google Home and Siri are typically initiated by a wake term or wakeword.
no code implementations • 16 Oct 2019 • Ioannis C. Konstantakopoulos, Hari Prasanna Das, Andrew R. Barkan, Shiying He, Tanya Veeravalli, Huihan Liu, Aummul Baneen Manasawala, Yu-Wen Lin, Costas J. Spanos
In this paper, we propose a gamification approach as a novel framework for smart building infrastructure with the goal of motivating human occupants to reconsider personal energy usage and to have positive effects on their environment.
no code implementations • 5 Oct 2019 • Hari Prasanna Das, Ioannis C. Konstantakopoulos, Aummul Baneen Manasawala, Tanya Veeravalli, Huihan Liu, Costas J. Spanos
A number of such frameworks have been introduced over the years which formulate the energy saving process as a competitive game with appropriate incentives for energy efficient players.
no code implementations • 24 Oct 2018 • Hari Prasanna Das, Ioannis C. Konstantakopoulos, Aummul Baneen Manasawala, Tanya Veeravalli, Huihan Liu, Costas J. Spanos
A generalized gamification framework is introduced as a form of smart infrastructure with potential to improve sustainability and energy efficiency by leveraging humans-in-the-loop strategy.
no code implementations • 13 Sep 2018 • Ioannis C. Konstantakopoulos, Andrew R. Barkan, Shiying He, Tanya Veeravalli, Huihan Liu, Costas Spanos
We propose the design and implementation of a large-scale network game with the goal of improving the energy efficiency of a building through the utilization of cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and cyber-physical systems sensing/actuation platforms.